naturalisation of EEA-national and benefits
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 7:05 pm
Hi all
My nationality is Polish, I was granted PR august last year, so at the moment I`m able for naturalization. my daughter was born last month and I`m not be able to do it now because of money we have to spend.
my wife(Polish) is on SMP at the moment, she will leave work after SMP runs out.to date I did`t claim any penny in benefits but now I will have no choice, so we will apply for child benefit, working and child tax credit, housing benefit. I don`t know which of them we will get because my wife did work last tax year, so we earn too much
any way question is:
if we as a couple will claim all the benefits(if we get them) will I still be able for naturalization as a British Citizen or that will stop my naturalization process? I was about to wait for my wife when she get her PR(august 2011) and them wait another year(august 2012) and apply as a couple, but I don`t know about the benefits.
another think is: how long takes all naturalization process?I still did`t do life in the uk test, so I have to start from the beginning.
Thanks for any help
My nationality is Polish, I was granted PR august last year, so at the moment I`m able for naturalization. my daughter was born last month and I`m not be able to do it now because of money we have to spend.
my wife(Polish) is on SMP at the moment, she will leave work after SMP runs out.to date I did`t claim any penny in benefits but now I will have no choice, so we will apply for child benefit, working and child tax credit, housing benefit. I don`t know which of them we will get because my wife did work last tax year, so we earn too much
any way question is:
if we as a couple will claim all the benefits(if we get them) will I still be able for naturalization as a British Citizen or that will stop my naturalization process? I was about to wait for my wife when she get her PR(august 2011) and them wait another year(august 2012) and apply as a couple, but I don`t know about the benefits.
another think is: how long takes all naturalization process?I still did`t do life in the uk test, so I have to start from the beginning.
Thanks for any help